This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues original guitar chords by
Rodriguez

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Key: E major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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The mayor hides the crime rate
A A 
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Council woman hesitates
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Public gets irate but forgets the vote date
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Weatherman complaining,
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predicted sun, it's raining
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Everyone's protesting,
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boyfriend keeps suggesting
F# F# 2
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B7 B7 
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You're not like all of the rest

Verse 2
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Garbage ain't collected,
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women ain't protected
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Politicians using, people they're abusing
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The mafia's getting bigger,
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like pollution in the river
F# F# 2
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B7 B7 
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E E 
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And you tell me that this is where it's at

Bridge 1
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Woke up this morning
with an ache in my head
I splashed on my clothes
as I spilled out of bed
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I opened the window to listen to the news
B7 B7 
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But all I heard was the Establishment's Blues

Verse 3
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Gun sales are soaring,
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housewives find life boring
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Divorce the only answer,
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smoking causes cancer
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This system's gonna fall soon,
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to an angry young tune
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And that's a concrete cold fact

Verse 4
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The pope digs population,
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freedom from taxation
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Teeny Bops are uptight,
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drinking at a stoplight
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A A 
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Miniskirt is flirting, I can't stop so I'm hurting
F# F# 2
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B7 B7 
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Spinster sells her hopeless chest

Verse 5
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Adultery plays the kitchen,
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bigot cops non-fiction
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The little man gets shafted,
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sons and monies drafted
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Living by a time piece,
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new war in the Far East
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E E 
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Can you pass the Rorschach test?

Outro 1

It's a hassle it's an educated guess

Well, frankly I couldn't care less

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